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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Thu Aug 19 1999 - 13:59:44 EDT
Sue,
I thought Jim was referring to a tricolor. As far as the strobe, there seems
to be a lot of confusion on this one. In the open ocean, a strobe is usually
a drift net buoy.
We're convinced that the best way of attracting attention, when the usual
means fail, is using the hand-held searchlight directed at the vessel. Before
someone reminds me of the rule relating to "shining a light on the navigation
bridge of another vessel", let me say that I'm aware of it.
On a clear night last fall in the Atlantic, we almost had a close encounter
of the worst kind. According to radar, the large target was moving at 16Kn
with a CPA of just under 1 mile, which would occur in about 11 minutes. Too
close for me! We tried 16, 13 lights on the sails, etc to attract his
attention. Nothing. So we turned and ran 90 degrees to his course. We still
wanted him to know we were there. What finally worked was our searchlight
directed at the vessel. It did not illuminate him, as he was 2 miles away,
but he saw it and altered course about 2 minutes later. A white flare was my
next (and last) resort.
Kind regards,
John
"Truelove"-Westsail 43
In a message dated 8/19/1999 1:05:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
> but sure is nice to have the strobe on top of
> mast, when tanker bearing down on you does not acknowledge spotlight on
> sails, etc.
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